US Patent Issued to CNH Industrial America on June 9 for "System and method for detecting disk plugging on a tillage implement" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,648,506, issued on June 9, was assigned to CNH Industrial America LLC (New Holland, Pa.).

"System and method for detecting disk plugging on a tillage implement" was invented by Michael R. Cozza (Pittsburgh) and Scott Glovier (McMurray, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for detecting disk plugging on a tillage implement includes a main implement frame and a disk frame supported by the main implement frame. Furthermore, the system includes a plurality of disks supported by the disk frame. Each disk is configured to rotate relative to the soil of the field. Additionally, the system includes a load sensor configured to generate data...